Senior Backend Engineer — Python, AWS & Microservices

Jobtailor; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and implement scalable cloud-based software architectures. You will own features from design through deployment and collaborate with product and design teams to ship high-quality APIs for web and mobile.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, testing, and documentation across the full SDLC, with a focus on security, scalability, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software development experience.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Strong Python proficiency.
• Solid relational DB knowledge (PostgreSQL).
• NoSQL experience with DynamoDB.
• AWS tech stack expertise (Lambda, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, API Gateway).
• Containerization with Docker/Kubernetes; IaC with CDK/CloudFormation or Terraform.
• APIs designed from complex business requirements; collaboration with product teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and development of cloud-based software architectures.
• Own and deliver complete features from design to deployment.
• Provide feedback on technical designs and code.
• Analyze applications and databases for improvements.
• Design and contribute to APIs for web and mobile.
• Participate across the full software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams; troubleshoot codebase.
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests.
• Contribute to technical documentation for maintainability.

Skills

Python

AWS Technologies

Microservices

Relational Databases

NoSQL Databases

Containerization

API Development

Data Modeling

Unit & Integration Testing

Security & Monitoring

Agile/Scrum

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

SQS

SNS

EventBridge

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and implement scalable cloud-based software architectures. You will own features from design through deployment and collaborate with product and design teams to ship high-quality APIs for web and mobile.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, testing, and documentation across the full SDLC, with a focus on security, scalability, and maintainability.